Published On Sep 20, 2010
Dark-colored dust that settles on snow in the Upper Colorado River Basin makes the snow melt early and robs the Colorado River of about 5 percent of its water each year, says a new study coauthored by researchers from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES).
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